Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buyers laboratory

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The result of the debate was - kept - SimonP 16:45, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Buyers laboratory

This is a pretty spammy page, but it does make claims for notability, so I'm converting it from a speedy candidate in case anyone wants to fix it. Kappa 16:04, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Hi- I put up this page this morning in my capacity as an editor for Buyers lab... Please let me know how I could render the page less "spammy" so that the legitimate information can stay up... (benjamincurry@gmail.com)
  • Um hi. I think you missed the bit that says "Please do not create an article to promote yourself, a website, a product, or a business". If you want this to stay, I suggest you read Wikipedia:Cite sources and Wikipedia:Neutral Point of View and condense it to something your competitors, detractors and sceptical wikipedia voters would agree is true. Also you will need verifiable evidence that this is an important company, maybe media coverage. You may also need some luck (and get a user name). Kappa 22:46, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Advertising. RickK 23:18, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)
• As I am new to this community, I hadn't completely reviewed your policies; as of my latest edit, I have reviewed the two articles you cited. I would like to do what I can to ensure that a legitimate profile of our company remains on this site - I have no desire to advertise, I would simply like information about our existance to stand here on Wikipedia, which more and more is used for all levels of reference in the business world. I would also like to note that the article on Mr. Kallet referred to our company by link, a link that led nowhere before this entry was created - isn't that alone a reason for this article, in order to provide comprehensive information on a given subject, ie Mr. Arthur Kallet? Again, please let me know whether this re-edit satisfies you in regards to your editorial policies. Here are several articles that I hope may show that we are in fact a legitimate company:

-http://www.katun.com/resourcecenter/bli.html -http://www.ricoh-usa.com/about/press/releases.asp?id=190 -http://www.okidata.com/mkt/html/PR/2002-06-04_16_13_39.html

As to whether we are an important company, I'll leave that up to others to decide... Benzamin 18 March 2005

• OK between your rewrite and mine I'll vote Keep, and yes that "link that goes nowhere" is evidence of your company's notability and your good faith. Kappa 19:10, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Many thanks for that... And thanks as well for cleaning up my formatting - or is that SOP? I would like to change the title of the article, by capitalizing the 'L' in laboratory, but can't seem to do so... Benzamin
  • I'll move it assuming it survives this Vfd. Kappa 02:21, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Looks okay to me. Keep, and fix title - David Gerard 20:27, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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